Effie May (Pearce) Burrus, Descendant of Ambrose Phillips

MRS. EFFIE MAY PEARCE BURRUS. 147324
Born in Columbus, Ga.
Wife of George Joseph Burrus.
Descendant of Jesse Embry and of Peter Strozier, as follows:
1. George Augustus Pearce (b. 1853) m. 1877 Ida Embry (1860-1918).
2. Jasper Newton Embry (1825-93) m. 1846 Lucy Ann Phillips (1831-93).
3. Joel Embry (1796-1832) m. 1817 Johanna McElroy (1800-56); Ambrose
Phillips (1803-54) m- 1828 Lydia Strozier (1810-82).
4. Joel Embry (1776-1830) m. 1795 Jackson (1778-1840) ; Reuben Strozier
(b. 1782) m. Pharaby Callaway (b. 1787).
5. Jesse Embry m. 1773 Nancy (1755-1805); Peter Strozier m. Margaret
Dozier (1756-1853).
Jesse Embry (1750-1800) served as private in the Georgia troops. He
was born in Wilkes County; died in Oglethorpe County, Ga.
Peter Strozier (1748-1823) served, 1776, as private in the Georgia
militia under Col. John Dooley and was at the battle of Kettle Creek. He was born in Germany; died in Wilkes County, Ga.
Also No. 128842.
Ga.

Source: Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume CXLVIII, 1919; Pg. 101